Word: oles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scene at the bullring in Plasencia, Spain, was like a page from a % Hemingway novel -- almost. A chorus of "Ole! Ole!" greeted Matador Luis Reina as he stepped into the arena last week bedecked in his sky-blue, gold- embroidered suit of lights. But the cheers turned to jeers when the crowd noticed the letters A-K-A-I in red silk running down his sleeves and pant legs. For the first time, a matador had sold space on his costume for advertising. The Japanese electronics firm (the name translates as "red" in Japanese) is paying the 29-year...
Australians had a choice last week between a tax cut and a Prime Minister with all the earthy charm of Actor Paul Hogan in the hit film Crocodile Dundee. The good ole boy won. By an estimated 20-seat margin, voters returned Prime Minister Bob Hawke's Labor Party to power for a record third straight term...
...greatest hits packages. The Sun Sessions, first released in 1976, is a seminal record. This new version offers alternate takes and outtakes, including an unlikely version of Harbor Lights, and makes a fascinating history of one scuffling producer (Sun Founder and Rock Pioneer Sam Phillips) and three good ole boys (Elvis, Lead Guitarist Scotty Moore, Bass Player Bill Black) groping toward greatness. "That's fine," says Sam Phillips after one take on Blue Moon of Kentucky. "Hell, that's different. That's a pop song now, nearly 'bout." All the difference, and all the history, hovered around that "nearly...
...when a single midafternoon accident on the San Diego Freeway spread gridlock along connecting freeways and surface streets from downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley, trapping tens of thousands of motorists for eight full hours. (Survivors of such mythic urban struggles brag about them like good ole boys...
...recalls, still wondering a little at the memory, "when the Academy announced | male vocalist of the year, you're talking about a shock. Winning in the same category with George Jones and George Strait!" Along with his armful of trophies, Randy got himself invited to join the Grand Ole Opry -- at 28 he is the youngest member ever -- and is currently burning up the interstates on tour...